Shloka 40
Prahlāda Rejects Material Boons; Forgives His Father; Tripura and the Power of Remembrance
यथा यथा भगवतो भक्त्या परमयाभिदा । नृपाश्चैद्यादय: सात्म्यं हरेस्तच्चिन्तया ययु: ॥ ४० ॥
yathā yathā bhagavato bhaktyā paramayābhidā nṛpāś caidyādayaḥ sātmyaṁ hares tac-cintayā yayuḥ
ပရမဘက္တိဖြင့် ဘုရားကို မပြတ်သတိရသော သန့်ရှင်းသော भक्त များသည် ဟရီနှင့်တူသော ဝိညာဉ်ကိုယ်တော်ကို ရရှိကြသည်—ဤသည်ကို “သာရူပျ-မုတ္တိ” ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ သို့သော် ရှိရှုပာလ၊ ဒန္တဝက္ရ နှင့် အခြားဘုရင်များသည် ကృష్ణကို ရန်သူအဖြစ် စဉ်းစားခဲ့သော်လည်း ထိုတူညီသော အကျိုးကို ရရှိ하였다။
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta, in connection with Lord Caitanya’s instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī, it is explained that a devotee should externally execute his routine devotional service in a regular way but should always inwardly think of the particular mellow in which he is attracted to the service of the Lord. This constant thought of the Lord makes the devotee eligible to return home, back to Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) , tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti: after giving up his body, a devotee does not again receive a material body, but goes back to Godhead and receives a spiritual body resembling those of the Lord’s eternal associates whose activities he followed. However the devotee likes to serve the Lord, he may constantly think of the Lord’s associates — the cowherd boys, the gopīs, the Lord’s father and mother, His servants and the trees, land, animals, plants and water in the Lord’s abode. Because of constantly thinking of these features, one acquires a transcendental position. Kings like Śiśupāla, Dantavakra, Kaṁsa, Pauṇḍraka, Narakāsura and Śālva were all similarly delivered. This is confirmed by Madhvācārya:
FAQs
This verse states that intense, constant contemplation of Hari (tac-cintā) leads to complete absorption and liberation—even for those like Śiśupāla—because the mind becomes fixed on the Lord.
He cites kings like Śiśupāla as examples to show that the power of fixation on the Supreme Lord is transformative; unwavering remembrance of Hari results in spiritual attainment, highlighting the supremacy of God-centered consciousness.
Deliberately keep the mind connected to Hari through chanting, hearing, and daily reflection; the principle is that steady God-remembrance reshapes consciousness and purifies one’s inner life.